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A price war has out across the world among taxi companies. There is competition for passengers because of the different apps that can taxis. Some taxi companies are their fares by more than half to competitor companies. The world's biggest taxi-booking app is Uber. It was in 2009 and now in over 200 cities across the globe. Many drivers of London's traditional black taxis are unhappy with taxi apps. They that drivers of app cabs are too inexperienced to drive taxis in London. Black cab drivers must a difficult test on their knowledge of London's streets to get their taxi-driving license. They have slashed some of their fares from $45 to $7.50.

The U.K. boss of Uber said the price war would his company and result in higher profits, saying: "There's a lot of competition over the app makers and, to a certain degree, you to think of things that you can do to out from the crowd." London black cab driver Anthony Street says business good despite the app companies. He said: "There lots of technologies that are things for us, but it's up to drivers." One of New York's biggest taxi companies has for Uber to have its license suspended. It says Uber is illegally data from passengers. In Singapore, the government has just that it would start regulating taxi app companies.